No Vacancy At Aiken County Jail Strains Space and Safety
Aiken County officials warn jail overcrowding strains space for juveniles and inmates. They cite insufficient exercise yard, lack of law books access, inadequate mattresses in drunk tanks, and no funds for expansion. Juvenile housing dominates concerns despite only six beds reserved for women and two for single cells.
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Galardi
Wilkins
Aiken
North Augusta
Public Safety Departments
Jim Byars
Byars
Kathy Groninger
Paul LaGrow
Williamson
Council
Helping Hands Inc
Old County Hospital
Roots Author Alex Haley to Speak at Founders Day
Alex Haley author of Roots and eight part TV series will appear as guest speaker for the Founders Day program at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg on March 13. The 4 p.m. event in the Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium will feature the acclaimed author.
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Alex Haley
South Carolina State College
Orangeburg
Martin Luther King Jr
Aiken Standard Publication Notice Details
Aiken Standard est 1867 informs readers of afternoon issue timing and days off. It outlines delivery by the Aiken Standard and AP wire use restrictions, republication rights, error correction policy, and subscription payment guidance including a five week payment limit.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Associated Press
Public Health Program Depends On The People
Dr J Carroll Chambers urged broad community participation as essential to public health gains. He cited progress in disease control and longer life expectancy, tying improvements to urbanization and environmental awareness. The event also honored Jean McCrosky for a decade as Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center director and announced new officers and directors for the society.
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Peter O’boyle
J. Carroll Chambers
Aiken
Robert D
Jean) McCrosky
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
John Cunningham
John Tufft
Joseph M. Granade
Judith Robinson
Joe Dunkin
Robert Bell
Lawrine Brown
Kenneth W. French
G.C. Gordy
John W
Rachel) Harte, Jr
Robert C
Plant closures seen in fiber and glass industries today
United Merchants and Manufacturing Clearwater finishing plant plans to rehire about 25 workers as fuel oil burners are installed. Owens-Corning Fiberglas reports about 900 workers remain laid off while regulators discuss gas price deregulation and its impact on energy supply.
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Timmerman
United Merchants and Manufacturing Clearwater
Guy Thompson Jr
Thompson
United Merchants
Federal Power Commission
Texas
Louisiana
Exchange Club To Sponsor Anti Crime Week
Graniteville Exchange Club schedules a counter crime conference for Aiken County the first week in February. U S District Judge Robert W Hemphill will speak. speakers include Frank T Galardi Willie Parker and Daniel McLeod with a panel of local officials. Public sessions at the H Odell Weeks Center begin February 10.
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Graniteville
Aiken County
Graniteville Exchange Club
Midland Valley Country Club
U.S
Robert W. Hemphill
Columbia
Willie Parker
Aiken
Frank T. Galardi
H. Odell Weeks Center
Whiskey Road
Graniteville Club
C. LaVaun Fox
Second Judicial Circuit
Galardi
Parker
Daniel McLeod
South Carolina
McLeod
Howard Williamson
Sylvia Westerdah
Edward C. Cushman
Mondale Meets Pope Paul VI in Vatican City
Vice President Mondale held a private audience with Pope Paul VI in the Vatican Library. The pope praised President Carter’s pledge to reduce weapons and nuclear arms as a significant service to the world, and Mondale then traveled to London to meet Prime Minister James Callaghan.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Walter F. Mondale
Carter
Mondale
London
James Callaghan
Thank You Note For Mrs Lillie Bell Walker
The Walker family thanks friends and church members of Second Baptist Church and Great Cypress Baptist Church for cards flowers meals and help during illness and death of Mrs Lillie Bell Walker Signed by Virginia Walker Stenson Walker Phiniszy Nora White and others
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Lillie Bell Walker
M.C. Adams
Second Baptist Church
Great Cypress Baptist Church
Virginia Walker
Willie
Ethel Walker
Stenson Walker
Phiniszy
Nora White
Bell Manager Denounces PSC Ruling On 17 Percent Rate Hike
Southern Bell General Manager Luther Rigby voiced disbelief at the South Carolina Public Service Commission denial of a 17 percent rate increase. The PSC cited AT and T profits as justification, while Rigby argued the figures misstate Bell South Carolina's return on investment and need for capital. Marsh said SC ROI for 12 months to March was 7.2 percent and that an appeal would be filed soon.
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Southern Bell
Luther Rigby
South Carolina Public Service Commission
PSC
American Telephone and Telegraph
At&t
Bigby
South Carolina
Harry R. Marsh
Marsh
Telephone Company
Rigby
Belvedere Woman Arrested in Obscene Materials Raid
A Belvedere woman, Debra Poston Sanders, was arrested for possession and distribution of obscene materials after sheriff deputies and SLED seized more than 450 books 29 home movies and five coin operated machines from the former Fifth Street Massage Parlor. Bond for Sanders was set at 2000 and she posted it. The raid followed weeks of undercover activity and purchases at the site near the Gordon Highway Underpass.
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Virgil Wilkins
Fifth Street
Wilkins
Manny Brooks
Sheriff's Department
State Law Enforcement Division
SLED
Debra Poston Sanders
Elizabeth Street
Belvedere
B. E. Nichols
North Augusta
Unmark
Gordon Highway
Brooks
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